Portrait of Joseph Priestley
Date
19th century
Sitter
Joseph Priestley (1733 - 1804, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 228mm
width (print): 142mm
height (page): 292mm
width (page): 221mm
width (print): 142mm
height (page): 292mm
width (page): 221mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Joseph Priestley, in left profile. He wears high collared shirt and dark jacket.
Inscribed ‘JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, LL.D. F.R.S. AC. IMP. PETROP. R. PARIS. HOLM.TAURIN. ITAL. HARLEM. AUREL. MED. PARIS. CANTAB. AMERIC. ET. PHILAD. SOCIUS. Born Mar.13.1733. Died Feb. 6.1804. London. Sold by D. Eaton, 187 High Holborn’.
Joseph Priestly was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.61
Inscribed ‘JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, LL.D. F.R.S. AC. IMP. PETROP. R. PARIS. HOLM.TAURIN. ITAL. HARLEM. AUREL. MED. PARIS. CANTAB. AMERIC. ET. PHILAD. SOCIUS. Born Mar.13.1733. Died Feb. 6.1804. London. Sold by D. Eaton, 187 High Holborn’.
Joseph Priestly was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.61
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